There are four main sects with in Hinduism:Shaivism, in which Lord Shiva is worshiped as the main god; Vaishnavism, in which Vishnu is the main god; Shaktism inwhich the female aspect of gods is primarily worshiped and Smartism, in which six main gods are worshipped Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, Murugan and Surya.

September 16, 2014

King Janmenjaya-The Snake Sacrifice

King Janmenjaya

The Snake Sacrifice

After the death ofKing Parikshit, his son Janmenjaya became the king of Hastinapur. King Janmenjaya
wanted to revenge his father's death and wanted to kill Snake King Takshaka. He
decided to organise a snake sacrifice. Accordingly, a sacrificial fire was burnt where the holy priests chanted the names of different snakes.

As a result, the snakes became powerless and fell into the sacrificial fire one by one and perished. The great snake sacrifice continued for many days and hundreds and thousands of snakes emerged from everywhere
and surrendered to the sacrificial fire. Everyone waited for Snake King Takshaka
but he was missing. Everyone, including the priests and King Janmenjaya were
puzzled, as they did not know that Snake King Takshaka had gone to Lord Indra for
protection.